Amy Smart
{{Short description|American actress (born 1976)}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2023}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Amy Smart
| image = Amy Smart (2009).jpg
| caption = Smart in 2009
| birthname = Amy Lysle Smart
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|3|26}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1996–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Carter Oosterhouse|2011}}
| children = 1
}}
Amy Lysle Smart (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress.[https://movies.yahoo.com/person/amy-smart/biography.html Amy Smart biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127171445/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/amy-smart/biography.html |date=January 27, 2013 }} at Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved February 7, 2012. Her first role in film was in Martin Kunert's anthology horror film Campfire Tales, followed by a minor part in Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven. In 1998, Smart played a role in Dee Snider's Strangeland. She garnered widespread recognition after appearing in the mainstream teen drama Varsity Blues (1999), as well as for a recurring role as Ruby on the television series Felicity (1999–2001). Next was a lead role in the college sex comedy Road Trip (2000); she was a co-star in Jerry Zucker's ensemble comedy Rat Race (2001). She had a lead role opposite Ashton Kutcher in the sci-fi drama The Butterfly Effect (2004).
Smart co-starred with Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris in Just Friends (2005), followed by the sports drama Peaceful Warrior (2006). From 2011 to 2012, she had a recurring role as Jasmine Hollander in the American adaptation of Shameless. She starred in Tyler Perry's comedy The Single Moms Club (2014). From 2020 to 2022, Smart portrayed Barbara Whitmore in the DC Universe/The CW superhero drama series Stargirl.
Life and career
= 1976–1992: Early life =
Smart was born March 26, 1976Marx, Rebecca Flint. [http://www.allrovi.com/name/amy-smart-p235676 Amy Smart film biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223160942/http://www.allrovi.com/name/amy-smart-p235676 |date=December 23, 2011 }} at AllRovi. Retrieved February 7, 2012{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 26, 2023 includes celebrities Steven Tyler, Diana Ross|work=The Plain Dealer|date=March 26, 2023|accessdate=March 26, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-26-2023-includes-celebrities-steven-tyler-diana-ross.html}} in Los Angeles;{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amy-smart/bio/139422/|work=TV Guide|title=Amy Smart Biography|access-date=August 6, 2019}} she grew up in Topanga Canyon.{{cite AV media|title=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson|publisher=CBS|date=February 16, 2012|people=Smart, Amy; Ferguson, Craig}} Her mother, Judy Lysle (née Carrington), worked at a museum, and her father, John Boden Smart, was a salesman. Amy studied ballet for ten years{{cite web |last=Siegler |first=Bonnie |date=May 9, 2009 |url=http://atnzone.com/nz/2009/05/09/exclusive-interview-love-n-dancing-with-amy-smart/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090516004011/http://atnzone.com/nz/2009/05/09/exclusive-interview-love-n-dancing-with-amy-smart/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 16, 2009 |title=Love n' Dancing with Amy Smart |publisher=atnzone.com |access-date=February 6, 2012 }} and graduated from Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades, California.{{cite web|url=https://www.customearthpromos.com/eco-blog/amy-smart-support-custom-recycled-bags|work=Customearth|title=Amy Smart Talks about Her Support for Custom Recycled Bags|date=September 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806212754/https://www.customearthpromos.com/eco-blog/amy-smart-support-custom-recycled-bags|archive-date=August 6, 2019}}
= 1993–2003: Modeling and film beginnings =
While modeling in Milan, Italy, Amy Smart met fellow model Ali Larter and the two "became instant friends", according to Larter.{{cite web |title=Ali Larter People Biography |work=People magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/ali_larter/biography |access-date=March 15, 2014 |archive-date=December 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211125813/http://www.people.com/people/ali_larter/biography |url-status=dead }} In Los Angeles they took acting classes together.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} In 1993, she appeared in the video for The Lemonheads' "It's About Time". Smart's first film role was in director Martin Kunert's 1997 Campfire Tales. In 1996, she appeared in a small role as Queenie in the adaptation of John Updike's short story, directed by Bruce Schwartz, "A&P", later shown on Spike TV.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHAGkm1joAg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpkkk5035fc
- http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/hayes_sean_A.pdf
- https://mubi.com/en/us/films/a-p
She had a minor role in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction thriller Starship Troopers (1997) as a copilot,{{cite web|work=Screen Rant|title=Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Starship Troopers|last=Berseford|first=Jack|date=May 26, 2017|url=https://screenrant.com/starship-troopers-cast-20th-anniversary-where-are-they-now/|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414211614/https://screenrant.com/starship-troopers-cast-20th-anniversary-where-are-they-now/|url-status=dead}} and a starring role in the miniseries The 70s, playing a student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular American football player in the film Varsity Blues, reuniting her with Larter. Also in 1999, she appeared in the film Outside Providence.
From 1999 to 2001, Smart played Ruby, a recurring character on the series Felicity. She costarred in the films Road Trip (2000), Rat Race (2001),{{cite web|last=Bowen |first=Kit |date=August 17, 2001 |title=Rat Race – Interview with Amy Smart |url=http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Rat_Race__Interview_with_Amy_Smart/473985 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519010101/http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Rat_Race__Interview_with_Amy_Smart/473985|publisher=hollywood.com |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2012}} Starsky & Hutch (2004),Fischer, Paul (February 24, 2004). [http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/ElectraSmart/ElectraSmart.html "Carmen Electra and Amy Smart: Starsky & Hutch Grrls Cheer On!"], Film Monthly. Retrieved February 5, 2012. and the science fiction drama The Butterfly Effect (2004). In 2003, Smart had a small role in the American sitcom Scrubs, playing Jamie “T.C.W.” Moyer.{{cite web|title=Amy Smart- Biography: About Amy Smart |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/amy-smart/biography.html |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |access-date=May 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127171445/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/amy-smart/biography.html |archive-date=January 27, 2013 }}
= 2005–2013: Studio films and television =
File:Amy Smart.jpg in 2008]]
In 2005, Smart co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy film Just Friends, playing the high school friend of a previously overweight young man who, years later, returns to her hometown and attempts to confess his love for her. The film was a box office hit, grossing over $50 million worldwide.{{cite web|work=Box Office Mojo|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=justfriends.htm|access-date=August 6, 2019|title=Just Friends (2005)}} Also in 2005, she starred as Sarah in the British independent film The Best Man with Seth Green. She had a lead role in the independent drama Bigger Than the Sky (2005), a loose adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/arts/movies/film-in-review-bigger-than-the-sky.html|date=February 18, 2005|author=Gates, Anita|access-date=May 5, 2018|title=Film in Review; 'Bigger Than the Sky'}}
Smart appeared in the 2006 action thriller film Crank. She reprised the role in the sequel, Crank: High Voltage, released in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/04/14/crank-calls-amy-smart-gets-a-rush-from-action-sequel-high-voltage/|title='Crank' calls: Amy Smart gets a rush from action sequel 'High Voltage'|work=Boston Herald|date=April 14, 2009|access-date=August 4, 2019}} She was a regular cast member in the short-lived 2006 CBS television series Smith, playing a professional burglar.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/sexy-scoop-amy-41223/ |title=The Sexy Scoop on Amy Smart's Smith Criminal|work= TV Guide|date=October 3, 2006|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214084620/https://www.tvguide.com/news/sexy-scoop-amy-41223/|archive-date=December 14, 2017}} She has voiced characters in the animated series Robot Chicken, created by Seth Green. Smart appeared as Joy in the 2006 sports drama Peaceful Warrior, about a gymnast whose life changes after an encounter with a spiritual guide.{{cite web|work=Chicago Sun-Times|last=Ebert|first=Roger|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/peaceful-warrior-2006|title=Peaceful Warrior|date=June 22, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190806221207/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/peaceful-warrior-2006|archive-date=August 6, 2019|access-date=August 6, 2019|url-status=live}} She starred as Melissa in the 2008 independent horror film Seventh Moon,Janson, Tim (October 13, 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20091016081114/http://fangoria.com/reviews/3-dvd-a-blu-ray/4268-seventh-moon-dvd-review.html Seventh Moon DVD review], Fangoria. Retrieved February 5, 2012. and had a supporting role in Alexandre Aja's supernatural thriller Mirrors (2008).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/movies/16mirr.html?_r=0|title=Evil Reflected|first=Jeanette|last=Catsoulis|work=The New York Times|date=August 16, 2008|access-date=August 6, 2019}}
In March 2011, Smart joined the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless as recurring character Jasmine Hollander.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a301829/amy-smart-wins-shameless-role/|last=Jeffery|first=Morgan|date=March 2, 2011|title=Amy Smart wins 'Shameless' role |work=Digital Spy |access-date=August 6, 2019}} She continued to guest star in season two. On September 10, 2011, Smart married TV carpenter Carter Oosterhouse from the American cable channel HGTV, in Traverse City, Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/amy-smart-marries-carter-oosterhouse-2011109|title=Amy Smart Marries Carter Oosterhouse!|last=Macatee|first=Rebecca|date=September 10, 2011|work=Us Weekly|access-date=September 11, 2011}}{{cite web|last=Fleeman|first=Mike|title=Amy Smart Marries Carter Oosterhouse|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20527298,00.html?hpt=hp_t2|work=People|date=September 10, 2011|access-date=September 11, 2011|archive-date=October 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021085821/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20527298,00.html?hpt=hp_t2|url-status=dead}}
= 2014–present: Television and independent films =
In 2014, Smart appeared in the Tyler Perry comedy The Single Moms Club, followed by the thriller Hangman (2015). In 2016, she appeared in a supporting role in the television film Sister Cities (2016).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/21/amy-smart-cast-sister-cities|title=Casting Net: Amy Smart co-headlines indie Sister Cities|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|author=Robinson, Will|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=April 30, 2018}} She also appeared in two episodes of the IFC series Maron (2016), portraying Nina.{{cite web |url=https://www.ifc.com/shows/maron/blog/2016/06/amy-smarts-roles |title=Amy Smart's 5 Most Memorable Roles |work=IFC|date=June 21, 2016|last=Steele|first=Brian|archive-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424212751/http://www.ifc.com/shows/maron/blog/2016/06/amy-smarts-roles}}
In 2019, Smart was cast to play Barbara Whitmore in the DC Universe/The CW superhero drama television series Stargirl, a role she has played from 2020 to 2022.{{cite web |first=Lauren|last=Sarner |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/amy-smart-dc-universe-stargirl-trae-romano-neil-jackson-hunter-sasone-1203146069/ |title=Amy Smart Among Four to Join DC Universe Series 'Stargirl' |work=Variety |date=February 22, 2019 |access-date=September 16, 2021}}
Personal life
Smart married television personality Carter Oosterhouse on September 10, 2011, in Traverse City, Michigan.{{cite news |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/amy-smart-marries-carter-oosterhouse-2011109 |title=Amy Smart Marries Carter Oosterhouse! |last=Macatee |first=Rebecca |date=September 10, 2011 |journal=Us Weekly |access-date=September 11, 2011}}{{cite news |last=Fleeman |first=Mike |title=Amy Smart Marries Carter Oosterhouse |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20527298,00.html?hpt=hp_t2 |journal=People |date=September 10, 2011 |access-date=September 11, 2011 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021085821/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20527298,00.html?hpt=hp_t2 |url-status=dead }} In 2016, their daughter was born via a surrogate; Smart talked about the experience in 2017, explaining that she struggled for years trying to conceive. She wrote on her Instagram, "After years of fertility struggles I give thanks today to our kind, loving surrogate for carrying her."{{cite web|author=Mizoguchi, Karen|url=https://people.com/parents/amy-smart-reveals-daughter-flora-carried-by-surrogate/ |title=Amy Smart Reveals Daughter Flora Carried by Surrogate |work=People |date=January 24, 2017}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
|A&P |Queenie | |
| rowspan="4"|1997
|Jenny |Segment: "The Hook" |
| data-sort-value="Last Time I Committed Suicide, The" | The Last Time I Committed Suicide
|Jeananne | |
| Starship Troopers
|Pilot Cadet Stack Lumbreiser | |
| High Voltage
|Molly | |
| rowspan="4"|1998
|How to Make the Cruelest Month |Dot Bryant | |
| Circles
|Allison | |
| Starstruck
|Tracey Beck | |
| Strangeland
|Angela Stravelli | |
| rowspan="2"|1999
|Jules Harbor | |
| Outside Providence
|Jane Weston | |
| 2000
|Beth Wagner | |
| rowspan="2"|2001
|Stacy | |
| Rat Race
|Tracy Faucet | |
| 2002
|Lynn Linden | |
| rowspan="3"|2003
|National Lampoon's Barely Legal |Naomi | |
| data-sort-value="Battle of Shaker Heights, The" | The Battle of Shaker Heights
|Tabitha Bowland | |
| Blind Horizon
|Liz Culpepper | |
| rowspan="4"|2004
|data-sort-value="Butterfly Effect, The" | The Butterfly Effect |Kayleigh Miller | |
| Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
|Nurse Betty | |
| Starsky & Hutch
|Holly Monk | |
| Willowbee
|Burglar |Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2005
|Grace Hargrove / Roxanne | |
| data-sort-value="Best Man, The" | The Best Man
|Sarah Marie Barker | |
| Just Friends
|Jamie Palamino | |
| rowspan="2"|2006
|Joy | |
| Crank
|Eve Lydon | |
| rowspan="3"|2008
|Catherine Sargent | |
| Mirrors
|Angela Carson | |
| Seventh Moon
|Melissa | |
| rowspan="2"|2009
|Jessica Donovan | |
| Crank: High Voltage
|Eve Lydon / Lemon | |
| 2010
|Natalie | |
| rowspan="2"|2011
|Jenny Porter | |
| data-sort-value="Reunion, The" | The Reunion
|Nina Cleary | |
| 2012
|Lillian Hart | |
| 2013
|Kyra | |
| rowspan="5"|2014
|Heather | |
| Bad Country
|Lynn Weiland | |
| data-sort-value="Single Moms Club, The" | The Single Moms Club
|Hillary Massey | |
| Flight 7500
|Pia Martin | |
| Among Ravens
|Wendy Conifer | |
| rowspan="2"|2015
|Zoey to the Max |Samantha Jenkins | |
| Hangman
|Melissa | |
| 2016
|Mother |Segment: "The Visitant" |
| rowspan="2"|2017
|Apple of My Eye |Caroline Andrews | |
| data-sort-value="Keeping Hours, The" | The Keeping Hours
|Amy | |
| rowspan="2"|2018
|Mississippi Requiem | | |
| Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars
|Jean Wonder | |
| 2019
|data-sort-value="Brawler, The" | The Brawler |Linda Wepner | |
| 2021
|Kim | |
| 2022
|Eloise | |
| 2023
|Lynn Byrd | |
| 2024
| Nora | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Dee |
| 1999
| Brookfield | Daly Roberts | Unsold TV pilot |
| 1999–2001
| Felicity | Ruby | Recurring role (seasons 2–3) |
| 2000
| data-sort-value="70s, The" | The '70s | Christie Shales | Miniseries |
| 2003, 2009
| Scrubs | Jamie Moyer | 4 episodes |
| 2005–2011
| Various characters | Voice role; 6 episodes |
| 2006
| Smith | Annie | Main role |
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Meant to Be's, The" | The Meant to Be's | Janine | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2009
| See Kate Run | Katherine Sullivan | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2011
| Kate Stanton | Television film |
| 2011–2012
| Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2012
| Lisa | Episodes: Pilot, "Super Milo" |
| Bad Girls
| Brandi | Unsold TV pilot |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Alison Brander | Recurring role (season 5), 9 episodes |
| Run for Your Life
| Meredith Redmond | Television film |
| rowspan="3"|2016
| Stacy | Episode: "Commissioner Bigfish" |
| Maron
| Nina | 2 episodes |
| Sister Cities
| Young Mary Baxter | Television film |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Karla Wyatt | Episode: "Gone Fishin" |
| Love at First Glance
| Mary Landers | Television film |
| 2018
| MacGyver | Dixie/Dawn | Episodes: "Mardi Gras Beads+Chair", "Benjamin Franklin + Grey Duffle" |
| 2020–2022
| Stargirl | Barbara Whitmore | Main role |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result ! Refs |
|---|
| 2000
|Choice Chemistry (with Breckin Meyer) |Road Trip |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;"| |
| 2004
|Starsky & Hutch |{{won}} |
| 2009
|Teen Choice Awards |Love N' Dancing |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/06/teen-choice-awards-2009-nominees.html|title=Teen Choice Awards 2009 nominees|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 2009|access-date=October 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721013004/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/06/teen-choice-awards-2009-nominees.html|archive-date=July 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Teen Choice Awards winners|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-08-10-teen-choice-winners_N.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=August 10, 2009|access-date=October 26, 2024}} |
References
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